Queen Elizabeth 1 The Elizabethan Age (1579-1602) Spenser’s genius was fed by the Reformation on well as by the love of medieval romance and the culture of the Renaissance , and unlike his brilliant Italian master , Ariosto ,…
Quqeen Elizabeth 1 The Elizabethan Age In the age of the Renaissance there was a great revival of ancient learning , and scholars , like Spenser , dived deep into treasures of classical learning which were then being brought to…
The Elizabethan Age Queen Elizabeth 1 In our study of this great age we have noted the non-dramatic poets , that is, poets who did not write for the stage .The center of this group is Edmund Spenser , whose ‘ Shepherds Calend…
QueenElizabeth the first The Elizabethan Age The great queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 , and her reign lasting up to 1603 , is golden age in the history of English literature . While the previous age was a Ba…
Romantic poets in English Literature The year, 1798 to 1830 is officially known as the age of romanticism in English literature. A new band of poets appeared with new kinds of poetry in theme and style. Emotion & expressio…
The AGe of Chauce r For our convenience, the life of Chaucer is divided into three periods . The first, of thirty years , includes his youth and early manhood , in which time he was influenced almost exclusively by French l…
The Age of Chaucer Course certain limitations of Chaucer may now be noted. He represents the growth of intelligence and the consequent weakening of passion and imagination . Since a lyric is a compound of imagination and pas…
The age of Chaucer (1350-1400 ) The fourteenth century was a period of great political , social , religious and literary activity . Politically it was a period of the hundred year's was which released and strengthened th…
The 2nd phase of this age is Jacobean Age. The age is named after James I who reined England from 1603 to 1625. The word “Jacobean” is derived from “Jacobus” the Latin Version of James. Some historians like to call the last five …
In the history of English literature , there were different phases of progress. Each of the Phases, known as “Age” or “period”, has been given a particular name. Sometimes according to the name of the king or queen , sometimes a…
